dysgenic
Americanadjective
adjective
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of, relating to, or contributing to a degeneration or deterioration in the fitness and quality of a race or strain
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of or relating to dysgenics
Etymology
Origin of dysgenic
Example Sentences
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This is not alcoholism, and cannot be considered a dysgenic factor.
From Woman Her Sex and Love Life by William J. Robinson
These are undoubtedly abnormal conditions, and, taken as a general thing, they are dysgenic factors.
From Woman Her Sex and Love Life by William J. Robinson
The subject is complicated, and some authorities, like Collignon in France and Ammon in Germany,—both, it may be well to note, army surgeons,—have sought to smooth down and explain away the dysgenic effects of war.
From Essays in War-Time Further Studies in the Task of Social Hygiene by Havelock Ellis
This adds to their financial burdens and encourages the young men to postpone marriage longer and to have fewer children when they do marry,—a dysgenic result.
From Applied Eugenics by Paul Popenoe
If it be so, its claims are unchallengeable; if it be what may contrariwise be called dysgenic, no arguments in its favour are of any avail.
From Woman and Womanhood A Search for Principles by C. W. (Caleb Williams) Saleeby
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